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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2012, 9:29 PM CDT for Franklin County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 97 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2012, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2012, 11:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1248 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
705
WGUS54 KTSA 170229
FFWTSA
ARC047-087-170430-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0037.120817T0229Z-120817T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
929 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 928 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 3 TO 4
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH
POSSIBLE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BOSTON...CASS...PETTIGREW AND SAINT PAUL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
&&
LAT...LON 3576 9352 3576 9369 3567 9369 3568 9398
3569 9399 3571 9396 3573 9396 3573 9392
3575 9389 3576 9396 3594 9395 3593 9350
$$1 follow-up statement
982
WGUS74 KTSA 170406
FFSTSA
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1106 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
ARC047-087-170419-
/O.CAN.KTSA.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120817T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-
1106 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MADISON
AND NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE
WARNED AREA WILL REMAIN HIGH BUT WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING
THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT
TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3576 9352 3576 9369 3567 9369 3568 9398
3569 9399 3571 9396 3573 9396 3573 9392
3575 9389 3576 9396 3594 9395 3593 9350
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison, Washington | 37 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.